To check the most up-to-date controls go to the Controls tab in the
preferences window. Here are the default keyboard controls depending on the
current camera mode. Learn more about camera modes in the Camera modes section.

As of version 0.704b the Gaia Sky supports basic
gamepad/controller input. By default, only the Xbox 360 controller
is supported, so you may want to map your gamepad differently using
software like
jstest-gtk –here– on
Linux or the
Universal Joystick Remapper
for Windows. You can also opt for a Joystick-to-keyboard solution such
as xpadder –here–, even though this has not
been tested with Gaia Sky.

Xbox 360 controller button configuration

The actions mapped to each button or axis depend on the current camera
mode (focus, free, spacecraft):